Mad to Be Normal

There’s a new US trailer for Mad to Be Normal, the upcoming biography drama movie written and directed by Robert Mullan and starring David Tennant and Elisabeth Moss:

MAD TO BE NORMAL

Based on the remarkable true story of Doctor R.D. Laing.

Brilliant, controversial, revolutionary.

To some he’s certifiable. To others he’s a saint.

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Plot synopsis: “In MAD TO BE NORMAL, David Tennant of ‘Doctor Who’ stars as 1960’s celebrity psychiatrist R.D.Laing (David Tennant) who revolutionized the treatment of people diagnosed as ‘mad’. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary methods involved experimenting with LSD on his patients and practicing a form of self-­healing known as metanoia, causing outrage and controversy in the medical profession and radically changing attitudes and perceptions of mental health around the world.”

Well, it sure sounds like he was a colorful man… Did he cure anyone though?

The US release date of the movie is set to February 16, 2018 (On Demand and Digital).

You may watch below the first official trailer of Mad to Be Normal, the upcoming biography drama movie written and directed by Robert Mullan and starring David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber, Olivia Poulet, and Jerome Holder:

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MAD TO BE NORMAL

Based on a true story.

A revolutionary doctor. His work obsessed him. A story of love, laughter and lunacy.

Plot synopsis: “The film reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland’s greatest ever minds. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary methods involved experimenting with LSD on his patients and practicing a form of self-­healing known as metanoia, causing outrage and controversy in the medical profession and radically changing attitudes and perceptions of mental health around the world.”

What do you think about R.D. Laing? Was he was an egotistical charlatan or a genius?

Take a look to the first official poster of Mad to Be Normal (aka Metanoia), the upcoming biography drama movie written and directed by Robert Mullan and starring David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber, Olivia Poulet, and Jerome Holder:

(Click on the poster to enlarge.)

MAD TO BE NORMAL

Plot synopsis: “The film reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland’s greatest ever minds. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were diagnosed as mentally disturbed. His revolutionary methods involved experimenting with LSD on his patients and practicing a form of self-­healing known as metanoia, causing outrage and controversy in the medical profession and radically changing attitudes and perceptions of mental health around the world.”